We are thrilled to welcome Meena Kandasamy to Blackwell’s for the publication of Fieldwork as a Sex Object, a new novel of incels, influencers and AK-47s, recently shortlisted for the Women’s Prize. Meena will be in conversation with Mishika Narula, founder of Brown Girl Bookshelf.

Doors: 6.30pm, Starts: 6.45pm

Tickets are £4 or admission is free when purchasing a copy of the book in advance.

About the Book:

Amrita Chaturvedi goes by Amy. Amy identifies as a communist on Twitter (her bio omits a cameo on reality TV and millionaire daddy who runs the show at Delhi High Court).

When a deepfake porno of her ‘forwarded many times’ by WhatsApp aunties goes viral, the truth finally catches up. On her birthday, Amy is battling a stoning in the digital town square that could cancel even Kim Kardashian.

Her executioners? An unhinged cartel of virgins styling themselves after V for Vendetta – except these keyboard warriors are on a merciless crusade to eradicate desi jezebels and Make India Hindu Again.

A muscular work where the online turns offline turns bloody, this is not a novel you read but a novel that reads you. Fieldwork as a Sex Object asks every one of us how much we’re prepared to risk for our principles.

About the Author:

Dr Meena Kandasamy FRSL is a poet and provocateur who has spent two decades triggering online trolls. She has been translated into more than 20 languages. Her previous novel, When I Hit You, was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize, Jhalak Prize and Hindu Literary Prize, and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. It was also Book of the Year in the Financial Times, Observer, Daily Telegraph and Irish Times. Her viral poetry collection, Ms Militancy, is a symbol of feminist revolt across South Asia. In 2022, she was awarded the PEN Germany Prize for being a ‘fearless fighter for human rights.’ She has two sons.